WTF

As the title suggests I'm not even sure how this could even happen. I'm completely befuddled. Any help?

Hello, my quite prehistorical external disk (WD Passport - 54528 hours, about 12yo) just did weird thing today. It completely locked itself off, couldn't access it at all, it changed its partition to RAW and windows started throwing errors. I tried restarting computer, which now wouldn't post at...

Please help me with this completely incomprehensible problem. I’ve been at this for two weeks now, and I am at the end of my rope. This is not my first build. Win10 installs, goes through “setting up devices”, then “Getting Ready”, then it restarts, the splash screen refreshes three times, and...

Hey guys, Yesterday I turned off Firewall and Anti-Virus (ESET), then Searched the Web and I played SAMP, CPU Temps never exceeded 60c. Today I Started my Computer and I played Mafia 2, While MSI Afterburner alarmed me that CPU Temp even ecceeded 85c! but yesterday CPU Temps never exceeded 60c...

Hey all, SO I put together a new pc a few months ago for mainly CS GO and WoW classic (which a potato can run). Here is the part list; https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/x8jrrV (fyi, some parts like the HDD, SSD, case and PSU were reused from my old build to save money) Anyways, I have updated...

Hi all, So I'm getting into this as a hobby (I've decided) and I'm going to start building my own gaming rig that can also act as a media center for different rooms... I got the idea from a piece I read about a multi headed gaming system...

Hi, after an update, all the windows 10 apps are greyed out, start button, clock, volume don't work, non of the google fixes help...Is there a solution without reinstalling\reseting?

I do NOT understand. Its been 2 weeks since I have tried posting and the same thing just happened from 2 weeks ago. I had a 450W psu and it made a click noise and didn't power up. I bought a 700W psu, did something to it IDK WHAT but it make my computer run for a few hours. Couldnt do anything...

Having what looks like a battery calibration problem with my Pixel 3 XL (in a potent illustration of why I hate phones that don't have removable batteries and hate more that any and all new phones of consequence are manufactured that way). After a period of heavy usage, the battery saver...

I have an Intel Core i5-8600 3100Mhz 9mb LGA1151 cpu, and when I play Counter Strike 1.6 (yes that old classic CS), my CPU usage goes up to 40-60%, which is ridiculous, nothing else is opened, but the game and Steam. What causes it?

I recently build a mini-itx system cooled by the h100i v2, the fans get rather loud during games which is expected but keep going after i've closed the game. Speedfan shows CPU to be less than 30 degrees, gpu is around 45 and hd0 (im assuming hard disk 0 which is m.2 ssd) is hovering at high...

Hi i have recently installed an NZXT sentry 2 fan controller. This means i had to unplug the fan from my motherboard, and into the fan controller. Everything works perfectly. However whenever i boot up my system i get a message saying system fan failure, press f1 to skip or f2 to go into the...

So I was playing some CS:Clamida when all of a sudden I realised that my nzxt hue light strip was sticking out of my case. So I pushed hard on my side panel to get it to close and as I did a loose screw fell into my psu and blew a fuse in my house! I know for sure my psu is dead but I am worried...

I have the "Enthoo Evolv atx tempered glass case," and a "Asus Maximus rog viii hero." My case has 3 pre-installed fans that connect to a hub labeling fan1-6. Fan 1 has a white 3 pin connect, rest of the fans have black 3 pins. Also, a 4 pin that the Manuel says has to be plugged into the Cpu...

My MotherBoard is P9X79 WS(Workstation), I have one slot of 8GB and I'm planing to buy other 8GB, would it cause me any problems?

This problem just started recently and has me concerned that my PSU is a piece of crap ( according to reviews that i have read about the brand that i have ) . let me first tell you what i have in my set up . MOBO is msi 970 gaming ( ms-7693 ) CPU amd fx 8350 vishera Memory g.skill 16 gb 4x4...

which one is best in perfomance?

Hi im hoping to build a gaming pc in September ik it's a very long time from now but it can't hurt to have a idea of what i want that being a gaming pc around 350£ i think my main focus is future expandability with the pc still being decent being able to run game such as dota csgo maybe even bf4...

I am currently planning on upgrading my computer. Right now I have a Asus M5A99FX pro r2.0 AM3+ motherboard with an amd fx-4130 that is due for a major upgrade. The motherboard is still completely fine so if I was to go the amd route again I would not be replacing it, and sticking with the am3+...

I've been looking for a cheap PC to pick up for my grandmother while these Holiday deals are going on. The one she has now I played on as a kid 10 years ago and would love to buy her something that will be faster and easier to use. Her current PC is just about shot and I was looking at some...

Hi everyone, I'm building my first PC and ordered a CPU cooler with a heatsink and fan. An Amazon customer replied to my question about the motherboard, which was if it had a heatsink. It does not. If I have a CPU heatsink, will I need a separate one on the motherboard?

i feel like i need a new cpu any suggestions i dont mind getting a new motherboard but only have £200 really to spend i would also want a good quiet cpu cooler. specs bellow: Processor: AMD FX 4170 4.2GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Memory: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz Graphics Card: MSI...

Decided to build my own gaming of I've got two builds in mind, which one would be better http://pcpartpicker.com/p/c4GGgs Or http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/YY99dC

Hi, I am new at the world of the pc gamin, Im the owner of a gtx 960, its of 2 gb of ddr5 ram, and on amazon I saw a gtx 960 with 4 gb of ddr5 ram, my question is: Can I SLI my 960 with the 960 of 4 gb from EVGA?

I'm a graphics designer & so far I've used Photoshop CS5 & CS6 without any problem on hp g6 pavilion which doesn't have independant graphics on it. In future I've plans to upgrade my laptop, so I've to decide whether I shud get a laptop with or without the independant graphics. Please tell me...